Always on the lookout for recruits, third-year Kansas basketball coach Bill Self learned of a standout high school graduate suddenly becoming available in the summer of 2005.
“I happened to hear at an AAU event … I was sitting in a row behind some guy and he told the guy next to him, ‘I heard Rush qualified.’ I hadn’t even checked on Brandon,” Self said, reflecting on the quick, yet successful pursuit of 6-foot-6 Kansas City native Brandon Rush, who on Wednesday will have his No. 25 KU jersey hung in the south rafters of Allen Fieldhouse in a halftime ceremony at the 6 p.